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Aleppo soaps

Aleppo soaps
Syrian soap makers have largely moved to Jordan, Turkey, France and Germany. The cities (mainly Aleppo) in which they have manufactured olive oil soap for hundreds of years are deadly and largely destroyed.

en.qantara.de/content/aleppo-soap-balsam-from-a-war-zone 'We hope we will be able to return to Aleppo soon,' says Mohammed. 'We are very tired.'

Leon_Vienna, Andy Rodker, Gudrun and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Aleppo. one of the oldest continually inhabited cities anywhere in the world, the largest city in its country, ... I suddenly find that my vocabulary is insuffient to describe the horror and torment of has been done (is being done) to it.
5 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Andy Rodker club
Yes! I saw an article with before and after photos of different landmarks and neighborhoods. Al-Assad will go down in history as a savage, as will other participants in that war. It's incomprehensible, this multi-faceted travesty, all in the name of raw power. Syria has had very educated citizens. Now many of them are dead or in exile.
5 years ago.
 Sylvain Wiart
Sylvain Wiart
Perfect for a president's mouth bath :-))
5 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Sylvain Wiart
Ha! Good symbolism - but it would be lost on him. ;-(
5 years ago.
 kiiti
kiiti club
When Aleppo was first bombed in IS fight, the factory of Aleppo soap was broken by the bombing and the soap was scattered and it was very sad.
5 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to kiiti club
Yes, all of those people suddenly without a job unless they were able to emigrate.
5 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
One of the best soaps! It makes me sick to think that Western meddling in the Middle East has caused so much death and destruction.
5 years ago.
 Leon_Vienna
Leon_Vienna club
Even the soap is crying .... :-(
5 years ago.

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